My advice will be to invest in a market that is great with cash flow and is preferably more affordable to pay straight cash.

You can get this number straight from the county government website, property by property. 

It's free, immediately available and you are talking to the people who will actually issue your permit and sometimes inspect the work, so you are getting your information straight from the horses mouth.

"  - Straight from a Tampax team agent.They biodegrade in landfills over time, but not in your plumbing.  

Seems like you have your priorities straight so now you just need to grind it out! 

Be aware that commercial loans operate differently than regular Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac loans as the rates are higher and terms less favorable such as a 20 year amortization and 5 year balloon for example instead of a straight 30 year amortization loan.

@Martin Perez  Fairly straight forward as I've done a number of buy and holds over the years.

When these 2 months of training are over, I'll go back to actually living in my primary residence and house hack from there.Conclusion: This March I'll have $1094 gross income - $1175 in direct expenses, $400 of which goes straight into the pockets of people I care about (e.g. couch friend and cleaning lady neighbor).

We were thinking our best option would be to sell on land contract both ad a deal or the house on contract and sell the land next door straight up to someone but to who?

Now if you’re going straight to owners with no realtor representation then I’m sure you could just use a real estate attorney, title company, etc. and get deal done with some recognizable cost savings.